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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Pam & Arthur Photos Spring 2011
Various Photos from Pam & Arthur's Camera in 2011
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Sunday, April 24, 2011
Photos: Day Out in Cumbria - Easter 2011
Charlie, Grumps and Steve visit Wendy, Richard & girls in Kirkby Stephen.
Rode on a couple of old classic buses as part of the '13TH EASTER CLASSIC COMMERCIAL VEHICLE RALLY' (http://www.cumbriaclassiccoaches.co.uk/ecvg.asp)
Charlie, Grumps and Steve visit Wendy, Richard & girls in Kirkby Stephen.Rode on a couple of old classic buses as part of the '13TH EASTER CLASSIC COMMERCIAL VEHICLE RALLY'
(http://www.cumbriaclassiccoaches.co.uk/ecvg.asp)
Photoset here
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Photos: Charlie's Birthday Curry
Charlie, 5 friends and family enjoy a birthday curry at the Bengal Spice Restaurant in Catterick.
Charlie's 9th birthday - April 2011.
Charlie, 5 friends and family enjoy a birthday curry at the Bengal Spice Restaurant in Catterick.
Photo set here
Happy Birthday Charlie!
It's Charlie's 9th Birthday today (9 - really... 9!!!)
He has some friends coming round to watch a DVD this afternoon and then off for a curry at a local restaurant.
He's making great progress with his new Lego Star Wars Clone Turbo Tank (only 135 pages in the instruction manual!)
More photos later...
He has some friends coming round to watch a DVD this afternoon and then off for a curry at a local restaurant.
He's making great progress with his new Lego Star Wars Clone Turbo Tank (only 135 pages in the instruction manual!)
More photos later...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Farndale Daffodils
A trip to see the Farndale Daffodils 12/04/11.
Grandad Bill and Joan visiting for the week so a family trip out in the bus with Granny Pam & Grumps too.
Farndale Daffodils - North York Moors National Park
<a href="http://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk%2Ffarndale-daffodils%2F&h=fa327" rel="nofollow">www.northyorkmoors.org.uk%2Ffarndale-daffodils%2F&h=f...</a>
A trip to see the Farndale Daffodils 12/04/11.
Grandad Bill and Joan visiting for the week so a family trip out in the bus with Granny Pam & Grumps too.
Link to photo set here.
Farndale Daffodils - North York Moors National Park
http://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/farndale-daffodils
Friday, April 08, 2011
Desert Island Discs: Martin Sheen
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Martin Sheen on DID this morning - what a guy!
BBC - Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Martin Sheen.
Also the BBC recently made the entire DID archive available (righteous!) as podcasts.
[/caption]Martin Sheen on DID this morning - what a guy!
BBC - Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Martin Sheen.
Also the BBC recently made the entire DID archive available (righteous!) as podcasts.
Find every castaway from 1942 to the present. Listen to more than 500 programmes
Explore the archive
Thursday, April 07, 2011
Amazing "Hand and Body Art"
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This artist has made some amazing art for an AT&T campaign.
Originals here.
Thanks Dave Anderson for the tip.
[/caption]This artist has made some amazing art for an AT&T campaign.
Originals here.
Thanks Dave Anderson for the tip.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
1976 Posters for The Man Who Fell To Earth Implausibly Glamorous!
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This poster from the 1976 Nic Roeg film The Man Who Fell To Earth - starring Bowie as an "extraterrestrial who crash lands on Earth seeking a way to ship water to his planet" - looks incredibly glamorous today .
What must it have been like back in mid 70s London?
Answer: Like an alien had arrived!
Click through to see more great images - BowieNet News
[/caption]This poster from the 1976 Nic Roeg film The Man Who Fell To Earth - starring Bowie as an "extraterrestrial who crash lands on Earth seeking a way to ship water to his planet" - looks incredibly glamorous today .
What must it have been like back in mid 70s London?
Answer: Like an alien had arrived!
Click through to see more great images - BowieNet News
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Lovely Spike Milligan anecdote.
✒More on Spike Milligan. Jim McLean emails: "I was in Spike's office in the mid- 60s with Dominic Behan. Someone in the office asked him what was the population of London. Spike opened the window, looked out and started counting, 'one, two, three …'"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2011/mar/19/simon-hoggarts-week-japan
Thursday, March 03, 2011
World Book Day
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I'm going in to Charlie's school this afternoon to read a to some kids to help celebrate World Book Day.
I'm going to read from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - hopefully have time to get to the finding of the Golden Ticket.
Apparently the official name for this day is: "World Book and Copyright Day" - doesn't have quite the same cosy feeling put like that, does it?
[/caption]I'm going in to Charlie's school this afternoon to read a to some kids to help celebrate World Book Day.
I'm going to read from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - hopefully have time to get to the finding of the Golden Ticket.
Apparently the official name for this day is: "World Book and Copyright Day" - doesn't have quite the same cosy feeling put like that, does it?
Monday, February 14, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Charlie's Broken Arm...: New Pots for Old
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Charlie had his “above the elbow” cast removed today - however the doctor says he must have a new one (below elbow) for two more weeks... (then no contact sports for 4 more weeks).
He chose a very nice blue colour this time and he's being very brave :-)
[/caption]Charlie had his “above the elbow” cast removed today - however the doctor says he must have a new one (below elbow) for two more weeks... (then no contact sports for 4 more weeks).
He chose a very nice blue colour this time and he's being very brave :-)
Monday, February 07, 2011
"...it's turtles all the way down!"
Today's Dilbert referenced the quote: "it's turtles all the way down!" which I couldn't remember the origin of.
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Wikipedia says:
The quote makes me smile, the story enhances it.
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The most widely known version appears in Stephen Hawking's 1988 book A Brief History of Time, which starts:A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the center of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: "What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise." The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, "What is the tortoise standing on?" "You're very clever, young man, very clever", said the old lady. "But it's turtles all the way down!"[1]
The origins of the turtle story are uncertain.
The quote makes me smile, the story enhances it.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Police do normal police stuff... feel the need to call it "Operation Tornado"
Why is this considered a "special operation"?
I thought that was why we had police. What are they doing when not on a "special operation"?
BBC News - Known criminals targeted in Cleveland Police operation
Police on Teesside are planning to carry out more than 40 operations over the coming week as part of efforts to target known criminals.
Officers from Cleveland Police will focus on domestic violence, anti-social behaviour, drug dealing and shop crime during Operation Tornado.
via BBC News - Known criminals targeted in Cleveland Police operation.
I thought that was why we had police. What are they doing when not on a "special operation"?
Friday, January 28, 2011
Lovely nostalgic article on 70s sports games...
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Really enjoyed this
Brings back some memories of some fine Subbuteo matches.
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Also like the mention of Panini stickers... I found (here) this one that the article mentions - those new fangled Match Attax cards just can't compete.
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The day video almost killed the Subbuteo star
The arrival of video games in the 1970s saw the slow demise of table football, cricket and rugby and with it the end of an era when sportsmen looked like your uncle Len
Brings back some memories of some fine Subbuteo matches.
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[/caption]Also like the mention of Panini stickers... I found (here) this one that the article mentions - those new fangled Match Attax cards just can't compete.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Charlie's Broken Arm.
Charlie has broken his arm (Ulna) in an accident at a "soft play" centre (we know.. soft play... irony etc.) when one of his friends landed on him during another friend's birthday party.
He's been very brave.
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[/caption]We spent a few hours on Thursday evening at A&E (Darlington Memorial Hospital) where they examined, X-ray'd and put a temporary cast on him. He has a "green stick fracture" of his forearm. This morning we went back to the hospital and Charlie now has an "above the elbow" cast in a fetching green colour which he'll wear it for 3 weeks.
All the staff at the hospital were friendly and efficient and we were well looked after.
Meanwhile... who's my goalkeeper for Sunday's match?!
Photo Set here
Friday, November 19, 2010
Life after fame: Lloyd Cole on what your hotel room tells you about your pop career - Features, Music - The Independent
Enjoyed this article written by Lloyd Cole, spans his career - measured by the quality of the hotel room he is booked into. From big-label excess to small time solo act.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Band Name Quiz (from 2002)
This is a (silly) cryptic quiz we (EJC music club dudes) put together one evening... it greatly amused us at the time... wonder if it still does!
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